Cloth-measuring machine



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' P. SANDERSON. CLOTH MEASURING MACHINE,

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CLOTH MEASURING MACHINE.

- No. 272,483. Ptented Feb. 20,1883

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' UNITED STATES PATENT rice. 1

FREDERICK SANDERSON, OF FRIEND, NEBRASKA.

CLOTH-MEASURING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 272,483, dated February 20, 1883.

Application filed May 15,1882. (No model.)

To, all whom it may concern v Be it known that I, FREDERICK SANDER.- sort, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Friend, in the county of Saline and State of Nebraska, have in vented cert-ainnew and useful Improvements in Rotary Measures for Dry-Goods, Carpets, &c.,. ,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in rogtry measures for measuring dry-good, carpets,

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, cheap, and portable device for measuring dry-goods, carpets, &c., in invoicing or otherwise; andmy invention consists in certain details in construction and combination of parts, as hereinafter fully described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a front elevation view of my improved device. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation Fig. 3 is a plan view of the dialcase with the dial-plate removed. Figs. 4., 5, and 6are detailed views, referred to hereinafter.

Similar letters of reference refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

In the said drawings, A A represent two rollers mounted on a shaft, S, which runs in hearings b b on the frame-piece B.

C is the dial-case, secured to the framepiece B in such a manner that the part of the shaft S between the bearings b 1) passes through the said case, and is provided midway between said bearings with a worm, w, which meshes with a worm-wheel, D, mounted on a short shaft, 0, which passes through the center of dial-case G, and hasa hearing at thelower end in the back of said'dial-case G, and atthe upper end in a frame, E, supported on three legs, 6 e e, secured to the hack of the case 0 and bent up over the worm-wheel D, as shown. Over the worm w and worm-wheelD is a dial-plate,

, P, which fits in the dial-case O, graduated on its face, near the outer edge, and numbered to represent yards and fractions thereof. The short shaft 0 extends through the dial-plate P, and is provided at its upper end with a hand or index-.finger, h, the lower end projecting through the bottom of the case 0, and having on the end thereof a knob, k. The dial-plate P and hand h are covered by a glass, 9. The

worm-wheel D is not secured rigidly to the short shaft 0, but fits sufficiently tight thereon so that the said shaft'c and hand it are moved when the wheel is turned, but are free to be moved from the under side of the case 0 by the knob is while the wheel D remains at rest.

The frame-piece B, which supports at its upper end the dial-case O and shaft S, as before described, is bifurcated at its lower end, and hasetwo bearings, b b.,on a rod, R, which is supported at each end in the bearings d in the top of the clamps F, clamped to the table or counter on which the device is to be placed, and provided with set-screws f, by means of which the rod R isheld firmly in the bearings d d, with the clamps FF at any desired distance apart.

b isa collar, which fits snugly between the bearin gs b b on the rod R, and is held at any desired point thereon by a set-screw, f. By this arrangement the device may be readily adapted to any width of goods, automatically adjustsitselfto any thickness thereof, and may be readily taken apart when not in use.

G is a circular piece of any suitable mate rial, which is slipped eccentrically on the rod R in such a manner that when turned as shown iri Fig. 4 it binds tightly on the counter and serves asa guidefor the goods being measured.

The rollers A A may be made of any suitable material,and are preferably made hollow to securelightness. If desired,they may be faced with cloth or other suitable material to prevent slipping. 1

In measuring goods with this device the hand h is turned around to the, starting-point by means of the knob at the back of the dialcase. The goods are down under the rollers A A, the entire weight of the device resting thereon. Asthe goods are drawn through, the rollers A A are rotated, and through the agency ofthe worm w and worm-wheel D move the hand h, registering the exact number of yards or fractions thereof in the piece of goods drawn through, the number of yards 'registered by one revolution of the hand it around the dial-plate 1? being equal to the product of the circumference of the rollers A A and the number of teeth on the wheel D.

Fig. 5 shows a device for lessening the weight of the'machine onthe goods, and consists of a rodyL, having at one end a weight,

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bolt of goods to be measured is shown; and it consists of a box, M, having strips 1', of cloth or other suitable material, secured at each end to the sides of the box M, near the top, and hanging down in the center, as shown.

The bolt of goods'to be measured is laid on the strips 1', and turns smoothly thereon as the goods are unwrapped and measured by being drawn through the device.

By the use of this device a great saving of time and labor is accomplished, one man being ableto do the work of several by the old method.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a rotary measuring device, a weighted lever, in combination with the frame of the device for lessening the weight of the machine on the goods, substantially as described and shown.

2. The combination, in a rotary measuring device, of a hinged frame, B, with a lever, L, and weight W, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination of rollers A A, shaft S, dial-case O, worm 10, wheel 1), plate 1, indexhand It, frame-piece B, hearings b I) and b 1), rod It, adjustable collar 1), and clamps F F, substantially as shown and described.

4. In a rotary measuring device, the combination, with the rod R, ofan eccentric guide, G, adapted to be turned down tightly upon the counter or other support, substantially as de scribed.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

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